Who's the first coach to get fired?

Pinkyring · Post #1 » by **Pinkyring** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:59 pm

Who ya got?

Pennebaker · Post #2 » by **Pennebaker** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:01 pm

Doc Rivers

PlatinumState · Post #3 » by **PlatinumState** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:06 pm

So many candidates.............but Id say Vogel

JohnWillow · Post #4 » by **JohnWillow** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:07 pm

Billy Donovan was my first choice before Russ trade, now I have to go with Frank Vogel or Brett Brown tbh

JAYZGOAT · Post #5 » by **JAYZGOAT** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:10 pm

JohnWillow wrote:Billy Donovan was my first choice before Russ trade, now I have to go with Frank Vogel or Brett Brown tbh

Brett's not getting fired during the season.

Post #6 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:10 pm

Maybe Dwane Casey if the Pistons are out of the playoff picture in the East. Billy Donovan/Scott Brooks are probably past due.

BoogieTime · Post #7 » by **BoogieTime** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:12 pm

PlatinumState wrote:So many candidates.............but Id say Vogel

Doubt it would be a first year guy

azcatz11 · Post #8 » by **azcatz11** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:13 pm

I'll throw a dark horse out in Alvin Gentry. The Pels are going to get a ton of coverage this year and if they don't start out well the first half of the season I think he's toast. I'm still amazed he's their coach tbh he's a complete retread

NatiboyB · Post #9 » by **NatiboyB** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:17 pm

I will go with Scott Brooks

Illmatic12 · Post #10 » by **Illmatic12** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:20 pm

azcatz11 wrote:I'll throw a dark horse out in Alvin Gentry. The Pels are going to get a ton of coverage this year and if they don't start out well the first half of the season I think he's toast. I'm still amazed he's their coach tbh he's a complete retread

What's wrong with Gentry? He's a good coach, dealt with a lot of crap last season that wasn't his fault.

Post #11 » by **ken6199** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:22 pm

Pennebaker wrote:Doc Rivers

Based on what he did the past few years? Not a chance. He survived the Paul-Blake-DAJ era, he will survive two months of under-performing knowing PG won't be 100% from the get go and Kawhi potentially still has health and durability issue throughout the RS.

The earliest check point is the post season.

azcatz11 · Post #12 » by **azcatz11** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:25 pm

Illmatic12 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:I'll throw a dark horse out in Alvin Gentry. The Pels are going to get a ton of coverage this year and if they don't start out well the first half of the season I think he's toast. I'm still amazed he's their coach tbh he's a complete retread

What's wrong with Gentry? He's a good coach, dealt with a lot of crap last season that wasn't his fault.

I know there's a lot of nuance in evaluating coaches but how is he a good coach? He's had pretty limited success and bounced around quite a bit

NBAFan93 · Post #13 » by **NBAFan93** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:36 pm

The media already wants Kidd to be the head coach based on how much they showed Kidd versus Vogel on TV in the preseason games. And Lakers always do what the media wants eventually - they are the media’s team.

Moochthemonkey · Post #14 » by **Moochthemonkey** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:41 pm

BoogieTime wrote:
PlatinumState wrote:So many candidates.............but Id say Vogel

Doubt it would be a first year guy

you appear to be forgetting two crucial factors...

Phish Tank · Post #15 » by **Phish Tank** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:45 pm

D'Antoni

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #16 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:47 pm

Scott Brooks

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #17 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:49 pm

Phish Tank wrote:D'Antoni

It seems like it would be awkward for Morey to admit a mistake like that by firing his coach midseason after costing the league so much money. He might want to keep a lower profile midseason.

Phish Tank · Post #18 » by **Phish Tank** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:50 pm

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:
Phish Tank wrote:D'Antoni

It seems like it would be awkward for Morey to admit a mistake like that by firing his coach midseason after costing the league so much money. He might want to keep a lower profile midseason.

fair enough.

I'll say D'Antoni quits. He's done it before. Especially if the James/Russ pairing turns out to be bad, then he's toast.

Plus he's a lame duck coach.

EAS Law · Post #19 » by **EAS Law** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:58 pm

Absolutely Vogel. Mike brown was fired within what, a two-week span? Lol LeGM already has his pink slip papers on his desk.

The_Hater · Post #20 » by **The_Hater** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:00 pm

NatiboyB wrote:I will go with Scott Brooks

I’ll 2nd this. The Wizards are going to be awful but their owner always expects them to be better than they are. Brooks will be the scapegoat.

There are so many new coaches around the league that I don’t see a lot of other possibilities at this point. If Presti didn’t let Donavon go the past 2 seasons I can’t see him getting fired in a low expectation season.